Among Strangling Roots

<p><strong>A dark fairy tale in a modern German setting. After inheriting her mother's dilapidated farm Marion suffers nightmare visions and a monster from old nursery tales that stalks her daughter in the fields.</strong></p><p>When Marion returns to the house she grew up in she is haunted by her past and her own inability to connect with her eight-year-old daughter Lilli. As her mind unravels Marion finds herself plagued by waking nightmares and visions of the Rye Aunt: a terrifying tar-stained shadow that stalks the fields and steals away naughty children.</p><p>This is a standalone tale of about 7500 words and is the fourth installment in the <em>Dark Folklore</em> series.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Content warning: this story contains reference to child abuse mental illness postnatal depression and substance abuse.</em></p>